Lot 17. A gilt-bronze shallow bowl, Tianqi period (1621-1627), 6 in. (15.3 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000 (USD 6,475 - USD 10,360). Price realised GBP 5,000 (USD 6,470). © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The bowl is finely incised to the interior with a scene of a scholar playing the guqin beneath pine and bamboo next to lingzhi and peonies, and the rim is bordered by a floral band. The exterior is decorated with a wide band enclosing the flowers of the four seasons: peony, lotus, prunus, and chrysanthemum, all reserved on a stippled ground. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics And Works of Art, 9 May 2017, London, King Street